Chapter 167: Some unrelated things

Qingzhou is a prefecture in Shandong, and the largest official there is just a prefect. If you simply count the grade, there are three wards around Qingzhou, and the commander is considered high-quality. However, these people are all officials who cannot be promoted to the top compared to the Sansi Yamen, the governor, etc.

Why are you qualified to be a guarantor? Liu Fangrui and this relative are familiar with each other and have to reminisce about the past after meeting. The relatives around him vaguely heard that Liu Fangrui was robbed by a group of bandits when she followed her father to Shandong to take office. At that time, they were wondering why they didn't report to the official position.

I saw it today but I understood it a little. However, the boss of this cloth store is also a smart person. I didn’t say anything about it and just told Liu Fangrui about the situation when he came in. Looking at Liu Fangrui’s stunning appearance, I thought he was doing well.

Of course, some men and women have other opinions. After the boss of the cloth store told Jiang Feng about this, he met Liu Fangrui and said something about homely.

When Zhao Xiucai walked into the room, he saw Jiang Feng sitting there, but his face was filled with joy. He couldn't help but feel a little strange and asked with bowing hands there:

"I wonder why my boss is so happy?"

Jiang Feng raised his head and said with a smile there:

"Justice Liu just now sent someone to send me a message, saying that Dong Long, the eldest son of the Dong family who was the promoter in Jinan Prefecture, was preparing to overturn the case, and someone in Qingzhou was responsible for him!"

Zhao Xiucai was shocked and asked in a trembling voice with wide eyes:

"What are you happy about, boss? Could it be that you have a fever!?"

Zhao Xiucai, who was stunned by Jiang Feng's unreasonable behavior, didn't care about the superiority of the master and servant, and reached out to touch Jiang Feng's forehead. Only when a person had a fever could he say such nonsense. Jiang Feng impatiently pushed away Zhao Xiucai's hand and asked in a furious manner:

"Old Zhao, what are you doing?"

"Boss, I really can't tell the joy of such a thing?"

"I snatched her daughter, and Lao Liu also informed us of the news. This is to treat me as his son-in-law, which is equivalent to recognizing Fangrui and me. Isn't this a good thing!"

Zhao Xiucai smiled bitterly there, but his boss thought about things differently than ordinary people. His thoughts were the same as the masters in the Liu family thought. Such things were all ironclad cases. Dong Long had been an official for many years, so how could he not know this truth? Since he dared to overturn the case, he must have his reliance.

When Jiang Feng heard this, he took away his smile and said with some contemplation:

"The news brought by my father-in-law is said to be Qingzhou. I guess this means that it depends on Qingzhou, but the largest rank of officials there is, the fourth-rank official, and there are not many people in Dengzhou. What else can I do?"

Qingzhou? Qingzhou? Zhao Xiucai's mind turned slightly, and he suddenly slapped the table, which scared Jiang Feng opposite him. Zhao Xiucai said nervously:

"Is it the Heng Mansion?"

King Heng was the son of Emperor Chenghua. Speaking of seniority, he was considered the uncle of Emperor Zhengde and Emperor Jiajing. The prince's rank was naturally far superior to that of local officials. However, this was not because Jiang Feng lacked common sense and knowledge after traveling to this world. Qingzhou and Linyi each had a vassal king, but in the Ming Dynasty, the local restrictions on these relatives and nobles were extremely strict, and the emperors and local officials of the Ming Dynasty were not fools.

Zhu Di raised an army to rectify the crisis. During the Zhengde period, he was desperate to rebel against the Ning King. Countless relatives of the vassals raised up and rebelled. The local officials, Jinyiwei and Dongchang, were all closely guarding the royal relatives in various places, and were bullies in the local area, bullying men and women, or rampant in the fiefdoms, no one cared about him.

However, if some local criminal names are involved, officials can directly lead troops into the royal palace. Jiang Feng naturally understood this truth. Jiang Feng did not expect that a relative vassal would be involved in such a big case in the Dong family. This is not consistent with common sense. After Jiang Feng told this reason, Zhao Xiucai couldn't help but pat his forehead with his hand. His boss was still so confused.

When Emperor Jiajing was in Xingxianqian's residence in Hubei, he was weak. When he entered Beijing, the guards around him were allocated in the capital and had no power at all. Although Jiang Bin, who was in charge of the military affairs of the capital, was cut into pieces after being arrested, his remnants still walked north of Zhili and waited for an opportunity to cause trouble. When Emperor Jiajing was in Shandong, he no longer dared to move forward. Moreover, Jiajing had always been suspicious and did not dare to transfer troops from various garrisons.

It was extremely embarrassing for a moment. At that time, King Heng Zhu Youqing had no idea what purpose he had. He found 200 people from his own vassal prince guards and escorted King Xingxian into the capital. Moreover, when he passed by Cangzhou, some accidents did occur. If it weren't for the personal guards of King Heng's mansion and the guards led by Lu Bing, there would probably be another situation.

After the emperor ascended the throne, this kind of behavior of helping in the fire was naturally firmly remembered by Jiajing. Moreover, Zhu Youqian was also a master of calligraphy and painting, and had always been in conflict with the world. He was even more trustworthy. The court knew that the secret report written by Qianhu, the Jinyiwei of Shandong in the third year of Jiajing, said that the prince of Heng, Zhu Houqian, was rampant and illegal and handed over information from the bandits in the world.

The result of the incident was beyond the expectations of many people. The Qianhu family was arrested and imprisoned, detained for blasphemy of the royal family, and was beheaded and abandoned.

Several censors who advised this matter were either demoted or imprisoned. Since then, no one has ever touched this bad news. The emperor's handling undoubtedly showed an attitude. From then on, the Heng Palace in Qingzhou really had the intention of being king of the Western Han Dynasty. It was powerful and both civil and military officials deliberately flattered.

The next day, the relatives of the Liu family who came to report the news were sent out of the fort by Liu Fangrui. The staff from Qianhu Station had been waiting there, and they took him to the warehouse in Dengzhou Prefecture City and directly put the cloth and silk inside on the cart. Of course, they didn't have a penny, and the five carts of things could cost hundreds of taels of silver.

The relative obviously didn't expect that there was such a benefit to get. He was so happy that he couldn't stop talking. He had forgotten in his heart that Jiang Feng had not appeared since he heard the news last night. The unhappiness that felt irresponsible disappeared, just thinking that he must praise this sensible young man when he went back.

After the Xia family stayed in Qianhu Station for a few days, the Lu Yinhe in the prefectural office was completed, and Xia Cuiyu opened a restaurant in Dengzhou Prefecture City. The chef hired to be a chef who had been a meal in Yantai Mountain for a period of time. Xia Cuiyu no longer showed up and was only managed by the tribe members below.

This is similar in nature to the Cuiyufang in the capital back then. It is considered a stronghold on land. It has no special name called Cuiyulou.

Three days after the relatives reported the news, under the work of hundreds of civilians, thousands of households in Yantai Mountain surrounded a circle of low walls, and the stones on the mountain were used for local materials. The project progress was much faster. The entire fort was damaged or weak, and huge stone houses were built inside, just like Wulou Mountain.

When building the fort, nearly a thousand civilians were busy there, and they were extremely frequent going up and down the mountain. I don’t know when there were more than a dozen iron dens in the Qianhu Station.

In the yamen of the Jinan Prefecture, a yamen runner walked to Liu Shunhua's house with a scripture. After going in to ask for peace and salute, he asked respectfully:

"The case file for the retrial of the Dong family in Dengzhou has been handled. Lord Zhang, the left sect, has already agreed. The young man came here to ask the master's opinions."

Liu Shunhua picked up the tea bowl on the table, slowly blew off the foam on it, and spoke slowly:

"Since Lord Zhang has already agreed, I naturally have nothing else to say here. Let's go to the inn to post!"

The post station in the Ming Dynasty also has the function of primitive postal service, but except for military information, the other messages and documents are delivered very slowly. Logically speaking, such cases should be to go directly to Dengzhou. However, when eating imperial grain in the yamen, the adults ordered whatever the adults ordered. The yamen runner agreed and turned around and went out.

Seeing the yamen runner closing the door, Liu Shunhua sighed in his seat. When the inn went to pass the official documents, it would probably take seven days to 500 miles. If it was a fast horse, it would take only two or three days to get some time for Jiang Feng. For this matter, in the study of the governor's house, everyone was only talking about how to minimize this matter. The inspector was also a new official and wanted to handle the case.

However, the governor, the left political consultant and other officials have been working in Shandong for more than five years. If this matter is exposed, wouldn’t it be a problem? In the future, it is possible to be imprisoned. While the argument is being made, the Heng Palace brought news here, saying that the Dong family is a duty gentry and the Heng Palace is willing to be a guarantor.

The debate in the room was immediately concluded. I wanted to suppress the matter, and just took this reason to send it back for retrial.

Thinking of this, Liu Shunhua sighed. Although he was still cursing Jiang Feng in his heart, his attitude was so low that you and Fangrui didn't even send a letter back. It was really unfilial. But if the case was just broken up like this, Jiang Feng would be the one who searched the house and asked to kill the nine clans.

Don’t you know the rules of the Heng Palace? Liu Shunhua unfolded a blank memorial and was about to write a memorial, but he still put down his pen. What if the emperor still protected King Heng? After thinking about it, he did not start writing. It is not easy to work hard to get to this position today.

The thief arresting officials at all levels in Shandong prefectures and counties and officers and soldiers who cleared out bandits and horses suddenly found that it was much quieter. The horse bandits who came and went as if they had disappeared from the plains again.

There are only two postmen on the border of Yanzhou Prefecture. On weekdays, there are only two postmen in the road. The road is very remote and there are no people coming and going at night. The two postmen were sitting outside chatting. It was just when they were happy that a soldier on the border suddenly jumped up and pulled his companions to the forest on the other side of the road and lay down.

After a while, hundreds of knights whizzed along the road. They couldn't see what they were dressing at night, and they didn't care about the small post station. They ran forward directly. The postman who had served as a soldier heard two words in the midst of the thunderous horse hooves:

“Dengzhou…”
Chapter completed!